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2.05.6(6) <br />Significant water bodies in the West Fork Terror Creek watershed include <br />West Fork Terror Creek, Holy Terror Reservoir, the Overland Ditch and <br />tributaries to West Fork Terror Creek including Cunningham Creek and other <br />unnamed "blue line" features identified on the USGS 7.5 -Minute Topographic <br />Quadrangle mapping for the area. The Overland Ditch intercepts natural <br />surface flows from the upper third of the West Fork Terror Creek watershed <br />when it is in priority (i.e., a downstream water right owner has not placed a <br />"call' on the water). According to Steve Tuck, the water commissionerfor the <br />North Fork watershed, the Overland Ditch is legally able to intercept surface <br />flow until late June or early July during most years. Additional capture and <br />export of water from the West Fork Terror Creek watershed is achieved at <br />the Holy Terror Reservoir, which is located near the upper extreme of the <br />watershed. This reservoir captures water from the uppermost portions of the <br />West Fork Terror Creek watershed and diverts it north to the Leroux Creek <br />watershed. (WWE Subsidence Report 2013) <br />The Terror Ditch is an unlined earthen structure with a capacity of about 6 to <br />8 cfs. The Ditch delivers irrigation water to Garvin Mesa. The first 2,500 feet <br />of the ditch is constructed along a very steep hillside above Terror Creek. <br />This section of the ditch was constructed by pioneering a road into the <br />location of the headgate and then excavating the ditch along the inside of the <br />road. Once the ditch emerges onto Garvin Mesa it splits into various laterals <br />and delivery ditches. <br />Terror Creek Reservoir is formed by the Bruce Park Dam. The Bruce Park <br />Dam consists of a main dam and a saddle dam. The original dam was <br />constructed in the 1940s. The dam was raised to a reported structural height <br />of 58 feet between 1950 and 1952. The reservoir has a reported storage <br />capacity of 598 acre-feet with a water surface area of 33 acres. The outlet <br />works consists of a 14 -inch diameter, welded steel pipe with a reinforced <br />concrete encasement. The intake to the outlet works is a hand operated <br />hoist slide gate. In 1990 Bruce Park Dam was re-classified as a Class I (high <br />hazard) dam. The Operator recognizes that the Bruce Park Dam and <br />Reservoir is under a Forest Service Special Use Authorization to Terror <br />Creek and Reservoir Company. <br />PR -14 2.05-147- 03/14 <br />